Britain's youngest serial killer caged for 27 years

EVIL: Fairweather was "turned on" by serial killers including the Yorkshire Ripper

Evil James Fairweather, 15, pounced on father-of-five James Attfield and stabbed him 102 times as he walked home from the pub in 2013.

Three months later he went on to kill again, attacking student Ms Nahid Almanea as she walked along a trail in Colchester, Essex.

In January, the autistic schoolboy – now aged 17 – admitted manslaughter due to diminished responsibility at The Old Bailey in London, which was not accepted.

Fairweather, who idolised the Yorkshire Ripper, mouthed "I don't give a s***" as his sentence was today read out in court.

Despite claiming he was possessed by the devil, he was found guilty of the murders and was sentenced at the Old Bailey by Mr Justice Spencer, who described the killings were "brutal and sadistic".

Sentencing, the judge said: "In carrying out these two murders you were seeking to emulate other serial killers, such as Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper."

He added the attack on Mr Attfield was "brutal, relentless and cowardly" adding: "You are well aware of the publicity this first murder attracted. I have no doubt you relished the sense of power and control that it gave you."

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Jurors heard how Fairweather was obsessed with the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and Stockwell strangler Kenneth Erskine during his trial at Guildford Crown Court.

Fairweather stunned police when he told psychiatrists he could have gone on to kill "at least 15 more people" following his arrest in May last year.

Harrowing CCTV footage of Fairweather's police interviews showed the teen miming how he knifed his victims.

The court heard sick Fairweather was taken into custody last year when he was spotted lurking in bushes with a knife looking for a third victim.

They found newspaper clippings of his two crimes saved in plastic folders in his bedroom following his arrest.

Mum of victim Mr Attfield's mother said she could not work as a result of his death and was forced to sell her house.

As the case drew to a close, she said the family would now have to get used to life without him and remember him as the "fun-loving practical joker that he was".

The father-of-four had suffered brain damage in a car crash in 2010 and was living in semi-sheltered accommodation.

Miss Almanea's relatives were represented by Saudi embassy officials.

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Her brother described in a statement his feelings of personal blame at not being able to save her. They were both studying in the UK at the time.

On the day of her murder, he said: "I was full of optimism but came back in the evening full of grief and sorrow."

He said his sister was robbed of the right to get married and be a mother to her own children.

The police spent £2.6 million on public reassurance as they searched for their killers.

More than 3,000 personal attack alarms were issued to people who felt vulnerable and a large number of extra officers were drafted in to the area, the court heard.

Fairweather is the latest criminal to become a British 'ripper kid' along with the likes of Robert Thompson and Jon Venables.